Federalism, Nationalism and Development India and the Punjab Economy [Paperback]

This book throws new light on the study of India's development through an exploration of the triangular relationship between federalism, nationalism and the development process. It focuses on one of the seemingly paradoxical cases of impressive development and sharp federal conflicts that have been witnessed in the state of Punjab. The book concentrates on the federal structure of the Indian polity and it examines the evolution of the relationship between the centre and the state of Punjab, taking into account the emergence of Punjabi Sikh nationalism and its conflict with Indian nationalism. Providing a template to analyse regional imbalances and tensions in national economies with federal structures and competing nationalisms, this book will not only be of interest to researchers on South Asian Studies, but also to those working in the fields of politics, political economy, geography and development.

1. Introduction  2. The Geography and the Political Economy of Punjab: An Historical Overview of Punjab-Centre Relations  3. Federalism, Nationalism and Indias Development Strategy: An Historical Overview  4. Federal Financial Relations in India and their Implications for Centre-Punjab Financial Relations  5. Centre-State Relations in Agriculture and their Implications for Punjab Agriculture  6. Centre-State Relations in Industry and their Implications for the Pattern of Industrial Development in Punjab  7. Summary and Conclusions.  Appendix: Ranking of States and Union Territories According to Population 1991 and 2001

'Indias sub-nationalisms come draped in discourses of culture but Pritam Singhs thesis is that the paramountcy of the project of Indian nation-building has forced individual states to play idiosyncratic roles  with profound consequences for the character of their sub-nationalisms. He illustrates this dramatically with the case of Punjab. Through l9